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Onésime Gagnon

Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1961)

Born
October 23, 1888
Died
September 30, 1961
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1888

About Onésime Gagnon

Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (died 1961) Onésime Gagnon (French pronunciation:; October 23, 1888 – September 30, 1961) was a Canadian politician who served as the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Québec. Onésime Gagnon – Parliament of Canada biography "Biography".

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The world when Onésime Gagnon was born

Onésime Gagnon was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Onésime Gagnon's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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